Thanksgiving Tips

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Skinless turkey, or chicken breast, prepared by a low fat cooking method, is as low in fat as meat ever gets. Still we need to know the basics:

Turkey is the leanest poultry, chicken has two to three times more fat than turkey, while duck and goose have about 50% more fat than chicken, assuming all are cooked and skinned.

Best way to cook it? Any method except deep-frying is fine: It"s okay to roast, or broil the chicken in the skin, since there"s some evidence that the meat won"t absorb fat from the skin during cooking -- just don"t eat the skin. However, if you remove all skin from poultry pieces before cooking, the pan juices will be relatively fat-free.

Cook poultry thoroughly. Juices should run clear, not pink. White meat should register 170 degrees on the meat thermometer, dark meat 180 degrees. Thaw frozen poultry in the refrigerator, never at room temperature. Mrs. Hsu does not believe in microwaving. If you insist on microwaving to thaw...do so only if you plan to cook it right away. White meat is much lower in fat than dark.

In the summer of 1621, the Pilgrim women spent many days preparing the feast.

Historical accounts indicate they had no milk cows or domestic poultry to produce eggs, milk, cheese or butter. The wheat and rye planted the previous spring had failed, so they had no flour for pastries, except a few berries and a little wild honey.

What the Pilgrims did have was a bumper crop of corn and beans; "golden heaps" of pumpkins, "mounds" of shellfish and plenty of cod and bass, which they dried for the winter, and a goodly supply of wild turkey, duck and geese. When 90 hungry Indian braves showed up, the Pilgrims worried there wouldn"t be enough food. So Chief Massasoit sent out a hunting party, which returned with five deer.

The feast was on.

TIP: If Turkey Day makes you tired.

If you"re sluggish after your Thanksgiving Day festivities, don"t blame the turkey. Yes, turkey is loaded with L-tryptophan, a natural sedative, but, according to Dr. Andrew Weil, it doesn"t act on the brain unless you take it on an empty stomach. If you want to avoid feeling sleepy after the big meal, skip the wine and that extra helping of mashed potatoes, cranberries, yams, peas, carrots, bread, pies, and whipped cream -- all of these pull blood away from your brain so your stomach can digest everything you ate.

Mrs. Hsu agrees that the Pilgrims" meal beats today"s version hands down, for the benefits it offered. This Thanksgiving, instead of focusing on having the perfect meal, Mrs. Hsu says "Think about the real reason for the holiday -- to give thanks. Being grateful is actually very healthy for body and mind."

Mrs. Hsu would like to thank YOU for sharing the HSU philosophy with your family and friends.

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Source by Shinichi Sasaki

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